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“My effort is going to be working upstream to prevent young kids from entering into the criminal justice system, making sure we have access to quality early childhood education, we have quality schools,”said Fields, a Democrat moving to the state Senate in January after four terms in the state House. “My effort is going to be up front, before someone does something really desperate or violent with a gun.”

A slew of other city agencies, including the Aurora Welcome Center, the Colorado Refugee Wellness Center, the Denver Foundation and the Metro Community Provider Network, among others, are helping to stage the event

While a strike is planned at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the Service Employees International Union says workers won’t try to disrupt operations at Denver International Airport. It says the goal is to hand out fliers to passengers and airport workers pushing for better working conditions there

West Metro Fire Rescue announced the evacuations Monday as gusty winds fanned the flames of the fire but didn’t say how many homes or residents were affected. Hours later, officials lifted the evacuation